Shutter lag in manual mode

[carlosecpf]

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Hi Guys,

 

Lately I've been playing with my X1 exclusively manual mode (manual exposure and Manual Focal via hyper focal distance scale at f/8 mainly). My impression was that X1's shutter lag occurred because the camera was taking its time to meter and set the correct exposure.

 

By setting all exposure parameters manually and manually pre-focusing, I thought I would get rid of the shutter lag, which is annoying to me, specially for street photography and candids. However, the shutter lag is still there. I believe the camera is still calculating the correct exposure, even though it does not need to do it in this case

 

Anyone has a similar or different experience with this? Do you also believe the shutter lag is caused by a slow metering function? If so, it would be great if Leica could include in a firmware upgrade the possibility of "no metering at all" for those users who want to shoot completely manual and a not have the shutter lag.

[jsrockit]

Could it be the aperture diaphram opening and closing to the right f/stop before the photo is taken?

[tom0511]

I experienced the sae thing. all I know is that half pressing the shutter release (like doing when prefocusing) does help to get rid of that delay.

I agree it should be possible to get rid of this problem via software.

[carlosecpf]

@ john: thanks! I believe you are right. It must be the diaphragm.

 

@tom0511: yeah, I know. but pre-focusing is not fast because the AF system in this camera is so slow... Let's hope Leica fix this (if possible) via firmware upgrade.

[stephen.w]

In manual mode, a half press of the shutter narrows the lens diaphragm to the selected aperture. Obviously one wouldn't want to walk around all day with the shutter button half-pressed, but if you're anticipating a particular shot it does completely elliminate the lag you describe. I agree it would be great if the problem could be fixed with firmware.